RPC VII.1, 569.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 569.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus) ; Balbinus (Augustus) ; Gordian III (Caesar)
Magistrate Secundus (archiprytanis)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΚΛ ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟϹ Κ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Κ ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Κλώδιος Πουπιηνὸς καὶ Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Καῖσαρ καὶ Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Καΐλιος Βαλβεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κλ(ώδιος) Πουπιηνὸς κ(αὶ) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Καῖσαρ κ(αὶ) Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Καΐ(λιος) Βαλβεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Pupienus, and Antonius Gordian Caesar, and Emperor Caesar Caelius Balbinus
Obverse design confronted busts of Pupienus, laureate and draped, right, and Balbinus, laureate and draped, left; between, bare-headed, draped bust of Gordian III Caesar, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ϹΕΚΟΥΝΔ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀρχιπρυτάνεως Σεκούνδου Μιλησίων νεοκόρων ἐπὶ ἀρχ(ιπρυτάνεως) Σεκούνδ(ου) Μιλησίων νεοκόρων
Translation under archiprytanis Secundus, of the neocorate Milesians
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag and bow; at his feet, lighted altar; on either side of the temple, athlete carrying torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.47 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 568/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1925
2 2     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 514